Tripti Singh

Contact details

Email:

Tripti.Singh@warwick.ac.uk

Twitter: @TriptiSingh_TS

Current PhD student

Biography

I am a PhD candidate in Global Sustainable Development, supported by the with eight years of experience in sustainable development and social justice. I have worked as a Consultant for UNICEF India's WASH programme, providing technical and research support to both UNICEF and the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in India. Previously, I also worked as a (CPR) in Delhi, where I led studies on water and sanitation, livelihood and social protection with a particular focus on equity and inclusion.

Research overview

My current research explores the impact of intersecting crises—water insecurity and heatwaves—on residents of informal settlements in Jaipur, India. It also seeks to understand the role of community groups in building resilience to these crises in urban poor neighbourhoods.

Academic background

PhD Global Sustainable Development, 神马福利影片, UK

M.A. (Honors) Sociology, University of Mumbai, India

B.A. (Honors) Sociology, Miranda House, University of Delhi, India

Supervisors

- IGSD
- Politics and International Studies

Research interests

Inclusive WASH, informal settlements, heatwaves, livelihood, social protection, participatory research

Funding and awards

2023-2027: Leverhulme Trust - TRANSFORM Doctoral Scholarship

Publications

Dwivedi, A., Singh, T. & Kumar, A. 2023. . CPR Research Report. New Delhi: Centre for Policy Research.
Singh, T. & Dwivedi, A. 2020. . CPR Research Report. New Delhi: Centre for Policy Research.
Dasgupta, S., Mukherjee, A., Dwivedi, A., Dewan, S., Naik, M., Dasgupta, R., Chhabra, S. S., Bharti., Singh, T. et al. 2021. . CPR Research Report. New Delhi: Centre for Policy Research.
Dasgupta, S., Singh, T. & Dwivedi, A. 2020. 鈥溾€�. CPR Research Report. New Delhi: Centre for Policy Research. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.28851.37921

Gupta, P. & Singh, T. 2019. 鈥溾€�. CPR Discussion paper. New Delhi: Centre for Policy Research
Noronha, K., Singh, T., & Malik, M. 2018. 鈥淢anual Scavenging in India: A literature review鈥�. CPR Research Report. New Delhi: Centre for Policy Research. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.30605.64480

Dasgupta, S., Ramaswamy, D., Noronha, K., Rao, S., Seetharaman, R., George, N., Singh, A., Singh, T., Dhiman, S., & Bhol, A. 2015. 鈥溾€�. CPR Research Report. New Delhi: Centre for Policy Research. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.4724.3287

Op-eds

Dwivedi, A., & Singh, T. 2022. 鈥溾€�. Swachh India: NDTV.
Dwivedi, A., & Singh, T. 2021. "". India WaterPortal.
Singh, T. & Dwivedi, A. 2020. . The Wire
Dwivedi, A., & Singh, T. 2020. "". The Print
Dwivedi, A., Bharti. & Singh, T. 2019. . The Wire
Manish. & Singh, T. 2019. . The Wire

Conferences

Delivered two presentations at the Annual British Sociological Association (BSA) Conference 2026, University of Manchester, on:
- Living in extreme weather: Water insecurity, embodied labour, and everyday coping
- Urban Informality and Water Precarity: Negotiating Rights and Belonging in Jaipur鈥檚 Settlements
Presented at the International Climate Resilience Conference on 鈥�Living with Risk: Gendered and Intersectional Dimensions of Climate Resilience in Urban Informal Settlements in Jaipur, India鈥� at LMU Munich, October 2025.
Delivered two presentations at the Annual British Sociological Association (BSA) Conference 2025, University of Manchester, on:
- Heat Stress Adaptation: Strategies for Safeguarding Labour Productivity and Health
- Intersecting Crises: Exploring Water, Sanitation, and Heatwave Insecurities in Jaipur鈥檚 Urban Poor Neighbourhoods
Presented at the Annual United Kingdom Alliance for Disaster Research (UKADR) Conference 2024, UCL on 鈥�Bridging the Gap: Collaborative Research on Water and Sanitation in Urban Informal Settlements鈥�.

Workshops and training schools

Presented at the 4th World PhD Students Symposium: Meeting the Challenges of Climate Change 2025 on 鈥淓mbodied Inequality: Water Insecurity, Climate Extremes, and Everyday Resilience in Informal Settlements of Jaipur, India鈥�, organised by HAW Hamburg, Germany.
Participated in the workshop on 鈥淧articipatory Walking Methods鈥� at the Annual RGS-IBG Conference 2025, University of Birmingham.
Presented at the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) PhD Workshop 2025 on 鈥淓xploring Water Insecurities during Heatwaves in Jaipur鈥檚 Urban Poor Neighbourhoods鈥�.
Presented at the ECR Sustainability Training School 2024, 神马福利影片, on 鈥淐ommunity Resilience to Intersecting Crises: Water & Sanitation Insecurity and Heatwaves in Delhi, India鈥�.